Improvement in coupon-nippers and ticket-punches



F. WALKER.

COUPON-NIPPERS AND TICKET-PUNCHES.

Patented. .Nov.'21, 1876.

ATTDBNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT QFFIOE.

FRANK WALKER, OF SANTA BARBARA, CALIFORNIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN COUPON-NIPPERS AND TlCKET-PUNCHES- Specification formingpart of Letters Patent No. 184,561, dated November 21,1876 applicationfiled August 14, 1876.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The invention will first be described in connection with the drawing,and then pointed out in the claim.

A is one of the handles of the nippers, to which the case B is rigidlyattached. An arm, a, carrying a piece of copper, 11, projects from it atthe'joint connecting the handles. 0 is the movable handle, which isjointed to the handle A ate, and is provided with a jaw, d,

which is slotted vertically, forming a number of fingers, 6, one ofwhich is provided with a cutting-edge at its lower side, so that as itpasses the cutting-edge of the lower side of the aperture f in the case,it will detach a coupon placed in the said aperture. D is a tumbler thatturns. on a pivot, g, and is provided with the fingers i, which are thecounterpart of the fingers e. E is a coil-spring that returns thetumbler to its normal position. F is a hammer attached by a spring tothe tumbler D, and is capable of striking on the bell G. H is areceptacle formed in the case B by the partition j. A guard, I, isattached to thejaw d. that prevents the coupon from getting into thereceptacle H without first turning the tumbler D. The part of the handle0 that forms the joint is elongated, forming an arm in which the punch70 is placed.

The side of the receptacle H is hinged at l, and provided with a screw,m, which can be turned only with a key. This screw engages with a threadin the post a.

The operation is as follows: A coupon is placed in the aperture f, whena motion 'of the handle 0 detaches it. The fingers 0 force it againstthe fingers '5, causing the tumbler D to turn until the coupon slipsfrom between the fingers e and c into the receptacle H. The tumblerbeing liberated, the spring E returns it to its normal position, at thesame time causing the hammer F to strike the bell G.

The ticket tobe used with my improvement consists of a strip of paper orcard-board, having printed on it any suitable letters, words, orfigures, and having coupons suitably printed in such lengths that thenippers will dotach just one and no more or less.

The advantages are that the conductor using one of these nippers cannotdefraud a company without its being discovered, as he could not receivethe last coupon on a ticket and pretend to clip it, as the hell wouldnot ring, nor could he exchange a ticket with two' coupons for one withthree.

The advantage in having a punch in connection with the couponnippers is,that commutation or other tickets may be punched with the sameinstrument.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- The combination, with tumbler D, of the case, havinga chamber, H, and the jaw (1, having the guard I, all operated by thehandle A G, as and for the purpose described.

, FRANK WALKER.

Witnesses:

J. K. FISHER, J. OLSEN.

